Sky-Dweller

[DH01]

Great to see a nice complication from Rolex .

[Dominic H]

And here it is....



Other new models are here...

http://www.rolex.com/en#/rolex-watches/basel2012

And include this beauty!



Form an orderly queue.....

[andy_s]

What's the black dot in the small window at 8 o'clock?

Can't say I'm impressed by any of this years stuff to be honest.

[sneijder]

Dom H, Thank you for introducing the Daytona Vajazzle to us.

With respect however, I would like to unsee it now.

They've lost half their market for that now Mr Saville is sadly departed. There's only a certain Mr P Stringfellow left.

[jjabennett]

Looks as though it is a date indicator of current month from a quick glance at the website.

[DS3R]

it seems footballer's wives are the only market to gun for these days...

[DH01]

Why is 4 IIII , not IV ? Especially as 9 is IX and 11 is XI . It's bothering me !

[AlexC1981]

DH01 said:

Why is 4 IIII , not IV ? Especially as 9 is IX and 11 is XI . It's bothering me !

Almost all clocks/watches with Roman numerals are like that. Something to do with making the dial look more balanced as the VIII is on the opposite side.

[DH01]

AlexC1981 said:

Almost all clocks/watches with Roman numerals are like that. Something to do with making the dial look more balanced as the VIII is on the opposite side.

Thanks.
About the only niggle I can find with the watch. I'm particularly loving the annual calendar , the subtle month indicator is a winner.

[Hoofy]

I like the concept but not keen on the Roman numerals nor the bezel nor the amount of chromed surfaces. Also, I'm not entirely sure which brand it is.

[sneijder]

DH01 said:

Thanks.
About the only niggle I can find with the watch. I'm particularly loving the annual calendar , the subtle month indicator is a winner.

Eh ? A huge amount of watch nutters are OCD lunatics, that thing will be unbalanced 2/3 of the time, and that's assuming you can live with it landing at 9 in September.

A month complication really is pushing it a bit, and the cynic in me thinks it's just thrown onto the perpetual calendar anyway.

[Spice_Weasel]

For me, the overall design lacks cohesion. The font of the 24 hour subdial clashes with the Roman numerals. The off centre subdial bugs me and IMHO it can't make its mind up whether it's a tool or a dress watch.

I was hoping for a 42mm Sub

Humbug!

[DH01]

Have you seen the video ? The bezel control function looks great.

[LukeBird]

andy_s said:

What's the black dot in the small window at 8 o'clock?

Month indicator for the (Annual) calendar, a nice touch I think, but I'd still have to think what month the number corresponded to!
Regardless, at the rumoured £20k list price (seems reasonable given it's precious metal only), it's hardly a concern for me; if it were, I'd be off elsewhere anyway.

andy_s said:

Can't say I'm impressed by any of this years stuff to be honest.

Me neither. As I've become more interested in watches, I have become less interested in any of the modern Rolexes.

[Spice_Weasel]

DH01 said:

Have you seen the video ? The bezel control function looks great.

Just popped over to Rolex.com and agree the bezel is very clever. Still not sold on the looks...

[Debaser]

I like the look of the new Datejust.

[andy tims]

Dominic H said:

And here it is....

I'll pass

[alfaman]

sneijder said:

Dom H, Thank you for introducing the Daytona Vajazzle to us.

With respect however, I would like to unsee it now.

They've lost half their market for that now Mr Saville is sadly departed. There's only a certain Mr P Stringfellow left.

... and David Blunkett ?

[Adrian W]

Clearly Rolex have decided most of their sales will be in the middle east

[Miguel Alvarez]

Is it a GMT function or a 24 hour clock?

ETA its A GMT function. I think it would have worked nice scrapping the inner ring and leaving a GMT hand like the EXP 2 and the GMT. I like the month function. Scrapping the ring and adding a date and it would have been a classy look.

I prefer the gold version as well.

Edited by Miguel Alvarez on Thursday 8th March 09:31